AMD Ryzen 5 5600X & Ryzen 9 5900X Review

Overclocking

We’ve long argued that overclocking a big waste of time on modern CPUs and even GPUs. The automatic gains you get by simply applying a better cooler is often all you need to do. However, if you have a reason to lock in that speed, you’ll be happy to see we hit 4.8 GHz 1.3375v all cores on the 5600X. However, the larger core count of the 5900X kept that to 4.6 GHz 1.2825v all cores, although that’s still impressive.

5600X Stock

5600X @ 4.8 GHz 1.3375v

5900X

5900X @ 4.6 GHz 1.2825v